Gemini 12 (officially Gemini XII) was a manned spaceflight
in NASA‘s Project Gemini. It was the 10th and final manned
Gemini flight,
Gemini 12 astronauts James Lovell & Edwin Aldrin being greeted on board
the recovery ship USS Wasp after splashdown.
Harold Peary as Throckmorton Philharmonic Gildersleeve, on the NBC
radio show The Great Gildersleeve. It aired August 31, 1941 to 1957. It
was one of broadcast history’s earliest spin-off programs having been
a staple on the classic radio sitcom Fiber McGee and Molly.
During the show’s 1950 summer hiatus, Peary had contracted with CBS
radio and was legally unable to appear on NBC as a star performer, thus
prompting the hiring of Willard Waterman as Peary’s replacement.
This was one of the last episodes of the radio series.
Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990)
Bernstein was awarded a total of 16 Grammys for his recordings in various
categories including several for recordings released after his death. He was
also awarded a Lifetime Achievement Grammy in 1985.
